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Project Update Video #1

On to the good stuff, your rewards for
participation:

Kickstarter Exclusive!

Wai Kee Hui, the owner of WGF and manufacturer, is as
excited about this project as I am. He has graciously offered to produce a
Kickstarter special item as a way to say thank you to the supporters. All
backers at the $20.00 level or above will receive an exclusive 28mm figure of a
Feral Shadokesh and Handler.

Add additional Shadokesh, two miniature set. +$4.00 each set (limit of five total sets) (Stage 1 delivery: November)

The Shadokesh are the mortal enemies of the Eisenkern
faction. The first human contact with the Shadokesh was made by a delegation from
Eisenkern. The Shadokesh met with the human delegation, studied them and when
they were satisfied they were of no use to the Shadokesh Empire they were
violently dispatched. The Dhar-Hazier were given a similar reception over seven
hundred years before. The outcome was quite different, the Shadokesh were forced
to re-evaluate the danger this race may pose to the Shadokesh Empire. The
Dhar-Hazier have now been at war with the Shadokesh for 753 years.

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The quest to produce a quality product at an affordable price led me to talks with Wargames Factory LLC and its parent company. If you have your eyes on recent events in the gaming world, you will have noticed Wargames Factory’s most recent kits and the attention they are receiving for detail and quality. Wargames Factory’s parent company is also responsible for the sculpting and manufacturing of the new plastic Malifaux line by Wyrd Miniatures. If you’re attending Gencon this year you will see firsthand what I am talking about, one word, AMAZING!

Why did we bring this project to Kickstarter?

A great deal of time and effort has been invested preparing this model for hard tooling. Issues such as undercuts could be ignored when we were using soft tooling (rubber molds), however this was not an option when moving to metal tooling. In order to preserve the details you have seen in the resin kit, it was necessary to utilize Slide Core Tooling, a very impressive and expensive form of metal tooling that allows the mold to open in four directions, up and down as well as side to side. This will allow for details in multiple directions of pull!

As you can imagine, the initial startup costs involved with this production method are substantial. The tooling costs for this kit will exceed $100k, but moving in this direction is the best and most logical choice not only for my company but for my customers. We are offering this project in order to pay for the tooling, an expense far outside the ability for most small companies (such as DreamForge-Games) to absorb. With all this in mind, you can see why the starting pledge is higher than you may be accustomed to in a Kickstarter.

Great, but what about the kit?

The Leviathan Crusader is 8 .5” tall (215mm) assembled at the top of its shoulders. 1/56 scale (28mm gaming scale)

We have taken great care with the reworking of the Leviathan Crusader, improving the engineering of the components while staying true to the appearance and scale of the resin kit you know and love.

What I am referring to when I speak of “engineering” is working hydraulics, tight fitting ball joints and tolerances far tighter than I could ever hope to achieve in a resin kit and an overall repeatable quality that is sure to amaze. This is all made possible through top quality machining on granite bed CnC mills. When all is said and done it might be possible to assemble the kit, pose it and then use superglue to lock all of the components into a pose. A huge improvement over cutting hydraulics to length and trimming away any resin vents and gates.

If you have ever looked at this model and thought “that’s a great kit, but the price….” Or“’Cool, but its resin, I hate resin…” Here is your chance to purchase a much improved version in durable plastic at less than one quarter or even one fifth the price of the resin kits.

Kit features:

Working hydraulics and ball joints allow for an amazing range of motion and pose options, ensuring no two Leviathans will be identical.

Even after you have chosen your final pose, the arms will remain movable!

Simple twist on and off arms allow for easy main weapon swaps with all future Leviathan releases.

Who is DreamForge-Games?

Dreamforge-Games, a small company located in California, produces resin and pewter miniatures for the tabletop gaming community and for miniature collectors around the world. We have delivered our miniatures and models to hundreds of customers and pride ourselves on the quality and creative design of our products. Although our miniatures fit into many 28mm game systems, we have been working hard to complete the Iron-Core Universe and game system to support our wonderful products. One of our largest stumbling blocks has been keeping up with customer demand for our resin kits. We have found it increasingly difficult to produce our large kits in a quality, quantity and price point to meet my high standards. The constant search for a suitable service provider and manufacturing method for our resin kits has stifled design and production, taking me away from the important work of product design and game development.

Several months ago, I started searching for a way to improve the quality, lower the price and bump the production level to meet my customers’ expectations. I am happy to say that I have met and exceeded these goals. The Leviathan Crusader has made it to the pre-production phase (mold draft and parting line establishment for metal tooling) and is ready to become a plastic injected model kit. Not Resin, not Restic, not some soft plastic hybrid, but injected high impact polystyrene. The same kind of model kit you will find in any hobby store.

What can I expect from DreamForge in the future?

Words cannot express how exited I am about this, our second Kickstarter project, and what doors this will open for future releases.

Plastic Eisenkern Stormtroopers? Yes.

More vehicles, Tanks, APC’s etc.? Yes.

More factions for the Iron-Core universe? Yes.

More Leviathan variants? Yes.

Optional arms for your Leviathans? Yes.

15mm scale kits? Yes.

All in plastic? Yes, yes and YES!

Many of these are in the pre-production phase (mold drafting and part line establishment for metal tooling) Many units for other factions and the Iron-Core game system to support them are in the design phase and all can see the light of day, with your help. It is my hope that I can release at least one new box set each month until we have all the factions core sets, infantry and vehicles ready for your gaming enjoyment.

What is Iron-Core?

Iron-Core has been designed to be
modular and infinitely expandable, so whether you’re a beer-n-nuts casual gamer
or a micro-managing shell counter, your play style and time limitations can
shape the game you decide to play.

The game system, Iron-Core has many
of the “bones” of the core system rules completed but still needs polishing,
illustration and play testing. All those who contribute will be invited to the
development group, where your participation will directly affect the final
product. Those who contribute at the “Armored Lance” or “All your bases are
ours level” will also receive a free PDF of the completed and illustrated
Iron-Core game system, which you the gaming community helped to create.

This is your chance to help Kickstart
not only this project but many others. If you enjoy our products, and our
vision, please vote with your wallets and help this become a reality.

I sincerely thank you for your time and
your support.

Mark Mondragon

DreamForge-Games.

I thought I should share some video form Gencon. Daisy at
WGF was kind enough to cross promote this project.

In order to offer all the new
stretch goals it became quite apparent that we would need to focus on
implementing a staged delivery and tighten up our shipping costs. The
manufacturer can only make so many cool things at once and we are putting them
hard to work at getting you your pledges ASAP. With the addition of all these
new toys, we need to consolidate the deliveries into two or possibly three
stages. Please note, that you will be responsible for all VAT or import fees or
taxes levied by your country of origin.

We are offering two
options for shipping; the first and least expensive is to have us hold your order until all the
items are in stock and available to ship. Please see the Stage 1 through 3
below for an estimate of how long you would need to wait based on what items
you pledge for. The “hold my order until it is complete” option uses the
shipping charges as previously listed. (See the FAQ at the bottom of the page.
(International shipping for multiple rewards)

Note: There is no mix and
match, you must choose whether you wish to wait and save shipping charges or
have all items shipped as soon as they are in the WGF warehouse.

The second option, and most
expensive, is for those who would love to have their toys as soon as possible.
This will entail additional fees for both domestic and international
deliveries.

Domestic shipping: All stage 1 is still free. Stage 2 will
require the addition of a $7.00 delivery fee and if you pledge for stage 3
items this will require another $7.00 delivery fee.

International shipping: Each stage will require a base $15.00 fee
plus the additional listed, per box cost. (ignore the shipping totals
in the pledge field, use the costs listed under each item) See the FAQ
for an example.

The Stormtrooper
Accessory Pack, the Capacitor Cooler, the Excalibur sword and the free Vulkan
have no additional shipping charges when included with an existing order!

We have made available a
web based calculator; you just plug in what you want and the delivery option
you have chosen and you will receive a tally of the pledge and delivery fees
for these options.

The delivery dates below are
estimates for each stage, we are working to get these to you ASAP, but we also
need to factor in transit time for shipping between China and the USA.

To pledge for multiple rewards, simply add the totals together for all rewards you would like to participate in and increase your pledge. When the project ends, you will be sent a survey, simply list the reward levels and quantity you pledged for.

The international shipping has already been discounted from its true cost (we removed roughly the cost to ship within the USA, so you are getting the same value as the domestic backers)

I hope and plan on adding more goodies to the mix as the project progresses; this begs the question of how to deal with shipping fees… Not easy answers to a rather simple question as international shipment are based on package volume and weight. Without a shopping cart, it becomes difficult to properly estimate these fees.

When combining orders, use the base shipping cost of $15,00 and add the shipping cost of each box.

Large boxes for the Leviathans and the (yet to be released APC) are +$6.00 per box.

Medium sized boxes such as the (yet to be released 15mm scale Leviathans) are +$3.00 per box

Small box items such as the Stormtroopers, and their accessories as well as any weapon upgrades for your Leviathan are +2.00 per box.

There is no charge (addition) to the shipping costs for items that are offered as gifts in the stretch goals!

Example: You want a Leviathan Crusader (Ready for Serious Stompin!) and a 20 man box of Stormtroopers (Boots on the ground). There are two possible stretch goals that you may unlock as well. The Crusader is +$6.00 shipping, the Stormtroopers are +$2.00 shipping ($15,00 base cost +$6,00 for the Leviathan + $2.00 for the Stormtroopers = $23.00 total shipping. The stretch goals for the stormtrooper and Leviathan that have free gift items are NOT added to you shipping fees.

Just use the lowest price for each additional box of Leviathans or infantry when you go past the listed number for a specific pledge tier. Each additional Leviathan past 4 would be another $75.00 each additional 20 man core stormtroopers past three would be $29.33

Yes! When the Mortis gets unlocked, you can use group pricing (2 or more Leviathan kits pledged) and mix and match between the two Leviathan variants.

Please be aware, that you can mix and match but the Mortis and Crusader have different shipping dates, as the manufacturer will not have the Mortis done for the November ship of the Crusader. This may cause extra shipping charges for International and domestic if you don’t have anything going out in the stage two ship date (March).

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Pledge $5 or more
About $5

-CATCH ALL PLEDGE-
Pledging for multiple items?
Not sure where to drop your pledge?
Drop it here, when the Kickstarter ends we will send out a survey to collect the information of what Items you were backing. Just be sure to use the online calculator on the front page to total out your order and get the expected shipping dates for the items you wanted to back. We will confirm this against your total pledge and the information you provide us in the final survey. (The delivery date listed below is not necessarily when you will receive your items, it’s just a place holder). Thank you!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $44 or more
About $44

Mini-Me- (1) 4 ½ tall 15mm – 1/100 scale plastic model kit of the Leviathan Crusader. That’s less than ½ the price of the fixed pose resin kit and made of injected plastic. This kit has all the features and details of its big brother, fully poseable, featuring quick swap weapon arms for future releases.
This kit comes complete with advanced capacitor coolers and the Excalibur sword option! Ships free within the USA! (Some exclusions apply, see delivery schedule for Staged Shipping restrictions)

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $79 or more
About $79

You’re not so tough! - (2) 4 ½ tall 15mm – 1/100 scale plastic model kit of the Leviathan Crusader. That’s less than ½ the price of the fixed pose resin kit and made of injected plastic. This kit has all the features and details of its big brother, fully poseable, featuring quick swap weapon arms for future releases.
This kit comes complete with advanced capacitor coolers and the Excalibur sword option! Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group. Ships free within the USA! (Some exclusions apply, see delivery schedule for Staged Shipping restrictions)

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $88 or more
About $88

Git-some! – (3) Plastic twenty man Eisenkern Stormtroopers (equipped as shown). Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group. Ships free within the USA! Add $7.00 for international shipping.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $89 or more
About $89

Ready for Serious Stompin! - An 8 ½ tall plastic model kit of the Leviathan Crusader. That’s ¼ the price of a resin kit and made of injected plastic. Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group and have access to the 50k and 60k stretch goals. Ships free within the USA! Add $25.00 for international shipping.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $105 or more
About $105

The gangs all here - (3) 4 ½ tall 15mm – 1/100 scale plastic model kit of the Leviathan Crusader. That’s less than ½ the price of the fixed pose resin kit and made of injected plastic. This kit has all the features and details of its big brother, fully poseable, featuring quick swap weapon arms for future releases.
This kit comes complete with advanced capacitor coolers and the Excalibur sword option! Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group. Ships free within the USA! (Some exclusions apply, see delivery schedule for Staged Shipping restrictions)

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $165 or more
About $165

I Need a Wingman! - Two (2) Leviathan Crusader kits! Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group and have access to the 50k and 60k stretch goals. Ships free within the USA! Add $25.00 for international shipping.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $240 or more
About $240

Armored Lance- Nothing says domination like three Leviathans on your gaming table. Three (3) Leviathan Crusader kits! Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group and have access to the 50k and 60k stretch goals as well as a free pdf copy of the completed rules. *As the rules are a work in progress and shaped by your feedback there is not a firm release date at this time. Ships free within the USA! Add $30.00 for international shipping.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $300 or more
About $300

All your bases are ours! - So you killed one, laugh while you can, his three brothers are pissed! Four (4) Leviathan Crusader kits! Four plastic kits for less than a single resin kit… Pledges at this level will also receive an invitation to the Iron-Core game development group and have access to the 50k and 60k stretch goals, as well as a free pdf copy of the completed rules. *As the rules are a work in progress and shaped by your feedback. there is not a firm release date at this time. Ships free within the USA! Add $30.00 for international shipping.